Step 1 Revision
1 Check the homework exercises.
2 Get the Ss to tell you twelve thingsabout Australia that they have learnt so far in this unit.
Step 2 Preparation for listening
SB Page 18, Part 1. Wb Listening, Unit 5.Tell the Ss We‘re going to listen to a story about a bush fire in Australia.Then read the introduction aloud and read through the question in Ex. 1 andmake sure the Ss understand what to do.
Step 3 Listening
Listening Cassette Unit 5. Do each exercisein turn. Play the tape, then let Ss discuss their answers in pairs. Play thetape again if necessary, then check the answers with the whole class.
Listening Text
Bush fire
An Australian woman is talking on a radioprogramme about her escape from the bush fires near Sydney in 1994.
The first thing I did when I woke up in themorning was watch the TV news. I could see that the situation was bad, and theyshowed a map where the fires were burning. Outside in the garden I couldn’t seethe sun, as the sky was full of smoke.
I decided I‘d better prepare to leave. Mydaughters were staying in town and my husband was abroad so it was up to me todecide what to do. I packed a suitcase of clothes and another case of usefulthings. It’s difficult in this kind of situation to know what to take with you.So, I took my passport and my bank book and all the money I had. I took mydiary, my address book and my camera. Finally I took our wedding photographs,as I didn‘t want to lose those.
Out in the garden the sky was gettingblacker, and the wind which had been blowing hard for two days was gettingstronger. I could now hear the sound of the fire which was only a mile or twoaway. I was expecting the police to drive by and warn people. Suddenly Inoticed little pieces of burning wood falling out of the sky. They landed onthe ground and started to burn the grass. I didn’t wait a moment longer. I gotinto my car and drove down the road. The smoke was thick and at times it wasdifficult to see the road. Animals were running across the road, trying toescape the fire. There were dogs, a few horses and lots of kangaroos. Fivemiles down the road I came to a long bridge over the river. Once on the otherside, I knew I was safe.
Answers:
Ex. 1: Watching TV;
Her family members;
Animals;
The smoke Ex. 2: The Australian womanwatched the TV news.
She went outside.
She packed two cases.
She went outside again.
She saw some pieces of burning wood.
She got into the car.
She drove down the road.
She saw some animals.
She drove across a bridge. Ex. 3: herpassport, bank book, money, diary, address book, camera, wedding photographs
Ex. 4: 1 She was expecting the police todrive by and warn people.
2 Abroad.
3 In town.
4 Because the sky was full of smoke.
Step 4 Checkpoint
Go through Checkpoint 5. Revise the -ingForm. Practise the useful expressions and deal with any language problems thatyou or the Ss wish to raise.
Step 5 Test
Give the Ss the following test on the -ingform.
Complete these sentences in your own wayusing the -ing form.
1 She is not very good at mathematics andkeeps, …
2 I used to live near the sea, and I miss....
3 My mother thought I was too ill to go outand stopped....
4 I‘ll meet her at the station tomorrowmorning. I don’t mind....
5 I had a headache and didn‘t feel like....
6 The police officer saw ....
7 I quite enjoy ....
8 I prefer ... to ....
9 When I was young I used to love ....
10 Have you considered ... next year?
Step 6 Writing
SB Page 18, Part 2. Read through thepassage aloud in class to make sure that the Ss read the complete text beforebeginning to put the verbs into the correct tenses. Point out the time markers.If you have a weak class, get them to underline all the time markers beforethey begin, like once/now/today/still/in the past forty years, etc. Let the Sswork through this exercise in pairs, then go over the answers with the wholeclass. It is good consolidation to get students to write out the complete textfor homework, particularly Ss who have difficulty with this type of exercise.Answers:
has changed, used not / usedn’t / didn‘tuse, began, started, met, returned, started, came, have come, has changed, was,was, stay, was, can, traded, trades, do not change, wave, stop, will slow, are.
Step 7 Writing
SB Page 18, Part 3. Point out that the texton Australia in Part 2 of this lesson is a model for their written work.
There are several possible procedures forpreparing for this written work. Here is one procedure:
1 Write up the headings on the Bb and getSs to tell you what has changed in China, either in their lifetime, or in thepast fifty years. Add these notes to the Bb, with any new headings that aresuggested.
2 Put Ss in pairs and get them to practiseorally in English what they will say. EITHER
3 Get Ss to work in groups. Each S in thegroup will write a paragraph about one of the headings.
4 Students can change their work when theyhave finished for comment and correction. OR
3 Get each S to make a plan of what he/shewill write. Walk round and help during this stage.
4 Then get the Ss to write their essays inclass or for homework.
Step8 Workbook
Wb Lesson 12, Exx. 1-3.
Ex. 1 practises the use of the -ing Form.It is quite easy for the Ss to complete the sentences. Get them to translatethe sentences into Chinese, making sure they understand the meaning. For Ex. 2,go over the phrases in the box and see if the Ss understand them. Then ask themto work in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class. If your class is goodenough, you may take up Ex. 3 in class. Do this exercise orally before you setit as written homework. Encourage the Ss to use the structures and expressionsthey have learned. Remind them not to do word for word translation.
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises. Finishthe writing about changes in China.